As Italian media outlets report, the global shipping giant MSC continues its growth by acquisition strategy. Reports state that negotiations were ongoing for acquiring stakes in Italo and TX Logistik.
EP Logistics International (EPLI) is strengthening its position in the German market by acquiring SGL to enter the promising railway construction logistics market.
ROSCO company Beacon Rail is taking over another big company in the European locomotives and trains leasing market: Mitsui Rail Capital Europe.
The European rolling stock leasing company, Akiem, has ordered 15 additional Siemens Vectron locomotives, both for alternative current and the multisystem ones.
FS Italiane Group has acquired German company Exploris through its subsidiary Mercitalia Logistics which owns 100% of TX Logistik AG. By this step, FS owns HSL and becomes the second-largest operator in Germany.
In line with the company strategy, ČD Cargo announced the purchase of 12 additional multisystem Traxx locomotives from Alstom. Unlike previous ones, these will already have the Atlas ETCS system installed.
Arkas Lojistik will become the second Turkish company to operate EuroDual locomotives made in Stadler Valencia. The company will buy five of these dual-mode locomotives.
MEDWAY keeps investing in new locomotives fleet. The latest acquisition is 15 new Siemens Vectron multisystem locomotives for its MEDWAY Belgium branch.
The latest v3.2 version of the TransMontana locomotive includes an ETCS onboard system provided by Thales.
The intermodal centre Interporto Bologna sign a contract with Künz to deliver two rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes to handle its operation better.
In July 2023, CARGOUNIT, the Central and Eastern European locomotive lessor headquartered in Poland, signed an agreement with a group of leading Polish and Western European lenders to refinance its existing facilities.
The acquisition will allow CFI to expand its presence along the Adriatic axis and strengthen its intermodal capabilities.
Lithuanian rail freight operator Lietuvos Geležinkelių Group (LTG) Cargo will buy electric locomotives for domestic use for the first time in its history. Around 100 million EUR will be spent on the purchase.
The BBL LOGISTIK order of ten new Stage V DE 18 diesel locomotives with an HVO alternative has an additional option for five more machines.
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) signed a second fixed contract from a framework agreement with Stadler and ordered 35 new double-deck KISS trains.
Overall 4.5 billion EUR for 436 new trains, 57 overhauled trains and 50 locomotives. This is one of Europe’s major fleet renewal plans by the Spanish state-owned Renfe.
Based on a study of the Conseil d’Orientations des Infrastructures (COI), obsolete Corail trains used on the Transversale Sud line will be replaced by 20 new CAF Oxygène electric trains.
Asset manager and lessor Northrail, on behalf of RIVE Private Investment, concluded a framework agreement with Alstom to deliver up to 50 Traxx Universal locomotives, with a fixed order for the first fifteen locomotives.
Wabtec Corporation will deliver 35 Dash 8 and 34 Dash 8 pre-owned locomotives to 6 Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) subsidiaries by the end of 2023.
Additional multisystem locomotives from the contracted option will complement the existing fleet of Newag locomotives at PKP Intercity at the turn of 2023 and 2024.